how large an area did Katrina devastate? read it was abt size of England

[bobbieinok]

and when you add in area evacuated by Rita??

[jobycom]

1. With Rita, it was roughly the size of

the coastal region of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and east Texas, plus their hinterland.

[Zynx]

2. For comparison, England(not the whole of Britain) is about the size of WI.

Actually a little smaller.

[jobycom]

3. I wonder

If in Britain they say something was roughly the size of the state of Idaho, or Michigan, or whatever. It always cracks me up when the media says the hurricane damage was twice the size of England. Lack most Americans have any idea how big England is. They are just trying to make it sound big by comparing it to a country. Why not Luxembourg? "The damage was roughly 120 times the size of the country of Luxembourg." Sounds impressive, eh?

[bobbieinok]

4. like checking on a globe that OK lines up with No Africa and Germany

with Hudson Bay?????